Shelleyanadj.n.
/ˈʃɛlɪən/ A. adj.
Pertaining or relating to, or characteristic of Shelley or his poetry, or the ideas expressed in his works.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [adjective] > specific poets > specific English, Scottish, or American poets
Chaucerian1660
Miltonian1708
Miltonic1708
Popean1730
Shakespeareana1754
Darwinian1794
Spenseric1795
Wordsworthian1810
Southeyan1817
Spenserian1817
Byronian1822
Byronic1823
Byronish1830
Coleridgian1834
Chattertonian1838
Keatsian1845
Tennysonian1846
Shelleyana1849
Patmorean1855
Rossettian1861
Praedesque1865
Swinburnian1865
Byro nical1871
Browningese1880
Browningesque1880
Patmorial1880
Wordsworthy1880
Browningitec1882
Whitmanesque1882
Thomsonian1890
Burnsian1904
Praedian1905
Blakeian1906
Poundian1917
Thompsonian?1921
Whitmanisha1930
Whitmanian1948
Betjemanic1956
Betjeman1958
Betjemanesque1959
Betjemanish1959
Whitmannica1960
a1849 E. A. Poe Marginalia in Wks. (1864) III. 544 The Shellyan abandon and the Tennysonian poetic sense.
1880 Todhunter Shelley v. 157 A bit of the Shelleyan philosophy.
1886 E. Dowden Life Shelley I. xii. 523 Why Mary was ‘Pecksie’ must remain a Shelleyan mystery.
a1907 F. Thompson in Dublin Rev. (1908) July 36 Perhaps none of his poems is more purely and typically Shelleian than The Cloud.
1930 E. Blunden De Bello Germanico 26 Such a bed is not surpassed by the Shelleian shakedown of roses.
B. n.
An admirer of Shelley.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1886 Sat. Rev. 13 Mar. 374/2 Mr. Wise's reprint of Adonais for the Shelley Society is..quite worthy of the attention of Shelleyans.
Derivatives
Shelleyˈana n. [ < -ana suffix.] books or items relating to Shelley.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > study of poetry > [noun] > matters or works connected with specific poet
Shakespeariana1718
Keatsiana1818
Tennysoniana1866
Shelleyana1886
Wordsworthiana1888
1886 Academy Mar. 218/2 ‘Shelleyana’ of all kinds.
1924 P. Creswick Beaten Path xxxvii. 203 ‘Had I any books about Shelley?’..‘We have considerable Shelleyana,’ said I. ‘Here is the special shelf.’
ˈShelleyism n. thought or action characteristic of Shelley.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poetic diction > [noun] > language or expression of specific poet
Miltonism1802
Byronism1817
Shelleyism1822
Shakespearism1823
Tennysonianism1843
Virgilianism1850
Swinburnism1868
Swinburnianism1869
Browningese1880
Shakespeareanism1886
Whitmanism1889
Horatian1891
Whitmanese1893
Tennysonianness1915
Praedism1927
Horatianism1936
Miltonicism1936
1822 C. Lamb Let. 9 Oct. (1935) II. 338 To award his Heaven and his Hell in the presumptuous manner he has done, was a piece of immodesty as bad as Shelleyism.
ˈShelleyist n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1934 G. B. Shaw Prefaces 506/1 They were Shelleyists, but not atheists.
ˈShelleyite n. an admirer or follower of Shelley.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > admiration or imitation of specific poet > [noun] > admirer or imitator of specific poet
Homerist1599
Homeriana1604
Ronsardian1697
Popean1730
Miltonian1748
Pindarist1781
Wordsworthian1812
Petrarchist1823
Byronist1830
papista1849
Goethian1850
Tennysonian1850
Shakespearolater1875
Ronsardist1877
Shelleyite1881
Browningitec1882
Byronian1883
Byronite1884
Shelleyan1886
Whitmanite1887
Keatsian1891
Spenserian1894
Omarian1897
Racinian1898
bardolater1903
Petrarchan1904
Burnsite1909
Thompsonian1913
Omarite1918
Burnsian1920
Shelleyist1934
Whitmanist1934
Dickinsonian1936
Poundian1950
Chattertonian1956
Whitmaniac1959
Whitmanian1977
1881 Athenæum 5 Mar. 329/1 Another sect of devotees..the Shelleyites.
Shelleyˈolater n. a worshipper of Shelley.
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1898 W. Graham Last Links xiii The infuriated Shelleyan, or rather let me say Shelleyolater.
Shelleyˈolatry n.
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1892 W. Watson in Bookman Oct. 23/2 Many a reader, not impeachable on the ground of Shelleyolatry.
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